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Nursery admits corporate manslaughter after boy suffocated while being held down

Noah Sibanda, who was 14-months-old, died at a nursery in Dudley in December 2022.

Evening Standard

School boss spends £50k on knife detectors – warning classrooms can be ‘vulnerable’ after horror stabbings

Jo Higgins, chief executive officer at Dudley Academies Trust, said the metal detectors, also known as knife arches, were being installed after ‘overwhelmingly positive’ support from parents

The Independent UK

A Neet way to help youth in Dudley

Brief letters: Black Country jobs crisis | DWP calculations | Renaming roads | Old letter writers

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‘A job is like finding a needle in a haystack’: how Dudley became centre of UK’s youth jobs crisis

Almost one in five school-leavers in West Midlands town are not in education, employment or training and chancellor is under pressure to deliver promised ‘youth guarantee’

The Guardian - UK

Man accused of killing Georgina Ward in 2020 appears in Dudley court

Daniel Birtwistle, 39, faces trial for manslaughter of 24-year-old tattoo artist and other charges including assault

The Guardian - UK

Sam Allardyce mystery mural gains former England manager’s approval

Portrait of ex-West Ham boss eating orange chips in the centre of his home town of Dudley puzzles locals

The Guardian - UK

Mystery artwork of former England boss eating chips appears on town centre wall

Allardyce was born and raised in Dudley

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Mystery artwork of former England boss eating chips appears in town centre

Sam Allardyce has thanked whoever put up the mural in his home town of Dudley, West Midlands, and praised it as a ‘very good likeness’.

Evening Standard

Police search for gunman after woman seriously injured in Dudley shooting

Two shots were fired at a home on Priory Road in the market town of Dudley

The Independent UK

Nursery worker charged over death of ‘beautiful’ toddler

The 14-month-old boy died at Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley in December 2022

The Independent UK

Nursery worker charged with manslaughter over toddler’s death

Noah Sibanda, aged 14 months, died at a nursery in Dudley in December 2022.

Evening Standard

‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats

Projections suggest Merthyr Tydfil and Dudley could be won by Nigel Farage’s party – but how real is the threat?

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 15: three more UK towns with unsung stories

Our tour of unheralded towns continues with Black Country legends in Dudley, Renaissance-style architecture in Enniskillen and Middlesbrough, birthplace of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Guardian - UK

Reform continues poll surge winning Kent seat from Labour in last local by-elections of the year

Labour lost council seats to Reform in Kent and the Conservatives in Dudley but managed to cling on in Greenwich, London

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Two boys, eight and 16, drown in separate Midlands incidents as police issue water warning

One boy died after falling into a river in Warwickshire, while another drowned after getting into trouble in a reservoir near Dudley

Newcastle Herald

It's your shout: How many schooners can you carry?

The Royal Crown at Dudley throws down the gauntlet for most schooners carried.

The Independent UK

Race to rebuild ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’ gains traction amid inquiry delay

The Crooked House pub in Himley, near Dudley, was destroyed after a fire – a year on, a campaign for it to be rebuilt gathers momentum

The Guardian - UK

Tory candidate accused of dog-whistle tactics against rival with Indian name

Marco Longhi, standing for Dudley North, wrote to British-Pakistani voters about Labour’s Sonia Kumar, underlining her surname

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Artemisia in Birmingham; Jesse Jones: Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon; Dion Kitson: Rue Britannia review – reshaping art history

The Ikon gallery’s dramatic display of the National’s Gentileschi, coupled with Jesse Jones’s terrific installation, sees the past anew, while a Dudley-born artist makes poetry with tragicomic memorials

The Guardian - UK

Viral hate campaign targeted Dudley teacher after fake racist video shared

Doorbell video of woman canvassing for Labour in West Midlands shared by independent candidate

Newcastle Herald

Dream of shared path between Charlestown and Dudley is off track

Letters: 'Council took our vision and compromised it'

Evening Standard

One-bed behind bars: West Midlands rental flat in former police station complete with holding cell

Located in Dudley’s former police station, the flat is marketed as a ‘fantastic and unusual opportunity’

Newcastle Herald

Bidders fight it out over Dudley fixer-upper sold at auction for $1.525m

'The opening bid was at $1 million and it escalated quickly'.

The Guardian - UK

England local elections: what’s up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?

Polls are the last chance for voters to have their say before the general election

Newcastle Herald

Community rallies as Charlie's Run 4 Kids crosses finish line

More than $100,000 raised for families facing childhood cancer battles.

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